Trump cut off Cuba’s oil. Now it’s heading for economic collapse.

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  Good morning.

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  Trump's oil blockade plunges Cuba into a major crisis as some flights to the island are suspended.

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  Cuba is enormously vulnerable at this time.

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  The U.S.

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  is immensely powerful and it's a huge power imbalance.

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  It's Tuesday, February 10th.

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  I'm Cecilia Lay in for Shumitabasu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  Cuba's economy appears to be in serious trouble.

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  The country has been starved of fuel,

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  and it's facing shortages of pretty much everything, including food and medicine.

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  Yesterday,

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  Air Canada announced it would have to suspend flights to the island after Cuba warned that airlines would struggle to refuel.

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  Cuba has been in an economic crisis for a while, and it's now on the border of an economic meltdown.

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  Basically, Cuba needs roughly 100,000 barrels of fuel,

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  of oil each day, and it only produces about 40,000 barrels.

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  That's Jose de Cordova, the Wall Street Journal's Latin America correspondent.

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  He told us the news of flight withdrawals comes at a perilous time for the country.

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  That's a huge blow to Cuba's tourist industry,

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